Apparatus for making contact with a direction-dependent electrical and/or electronic component, and corresponding component arrangement

Abstract

A device is described for contacting a direction-dependent electrical and/or electronic component that includes a predetermined first number of functions to be contacted, having a basic body and having a predetermined first number of first contact elements that are respectively assigned, according to a predetermined connection assignment, to a function to be contacted, and are situated on the basic body with a predetermined positioning, as well as an associated component system having such a contacting device. The positioning of the first contact elements on the basic body is made rotationally symmetrical about an angle of 90°, so that when there is a rotation of the direction-dependent electrical and/or electronic component by 90°, no different component-based functions lie against one another.

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         11 . A device for contacting a direction-dependent component that is at least one of electrical and electronic and that includes a predetermined first number of functions to be contacted, comprising:
 a basic body; and   a predetermined first number of first contact elements, each assigned, according to a predetermined connection assignment, to a function to be contacted, and the first contact elements situated with a predetermined positioning on the basic body, wherein the positioning of the first contact elements on the basic body is made rotationally symmetrical about an angle of 90°, so that when there is a rotation of the direction-dependent component by 90°, no different component-based functions lie against one another.   
     
     
         12 . The device as recited in  claim 11 , wherein the basic body is realized one of as a part of a component housing and as a component base. 
     
     
         13 . The device as recited in  claim 11 , wherein the basic body is one of circular and rectangular. 
     
     
         14 . The device as recited in  claim 11 , wherein the number of first contact elements corresponds to the first number of functions to be contacted. 
     
     
         15 . A component system, comprising:
 a direction-dependent component that is at least one of electrical and electronic and that includes a predetermined first number of functions to be contacted; and   a component bearer that has a predetermined layout having a predetermined second number of second contact elements, the direction-dependent component including a contacting device having a basic body and having a plurality of first contact elements that are each assigned, according to a predetermined connection assignment, to a function to be contacted, and that are situated on the basic body with a predetermined positioning, wherein the positioning of the first contact elements on the basic body is made rotationally symmetrical about an angle of 90°, so that when there is a rotation of the direction-dependent component by 90°, no different component-based functions lie against one another.   
     
     
         16 . The component system as recited in  claim 15 , wherein the second number of second contact elements is selected at least twice as large as the first number of first contact elements, each first contact element being capable of being connected to two second contact elements. 
     
     
         17 . The component system as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the first contact elements are realized as connecting pins and the second contact elements are realized as pin receptacles. 
     
     
         18 . The component system as recited in  claim 15 , wherein the second contact elements are situated on the component bearer in such a way that the direction-dependent component is capable of being contacted, in one of a first position having a first direction of detection and in a second position having a second direction of detection, to the component bearer, the second direction of detection having an angle of 90° to the first direction of detection. 
     
     
         19 . The component system as recited in  claim 18 , wherein a first contact element of the direction-dependent component is realized as an orientation element that, in the first position, is contacted to a second contact element that is connected to a first electrical potential, and in the second position is connected to another second contact element that is connected to a second electrical potential, it being possible, by querying the electrical potential present at the orientation element, to determine a current orientation of the direction-dependent component and thus a current direction of detection. 
     
     
         20 . The component system as recited in  claim 15 , wherein the direction-dependent component includes at least one of an acceleration sensor and a rotational rate sensor, and the component bearer includes a circuit board.